Bottle-washer



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C. MSSEL.

BOTTLE WASHER.

No. 309,401. Patented Deo. 16, 1884.

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BOTTLE WASHER. No. 309,401.' Patented Dec. 16, 1884.

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- UiviTieio STaTias PATENT @Trina CHRISTOPH MSSEL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BOT-TLEnWASHER.

"FECIE'ICATION formingpai't of Letters Patent No. 309,401, dated December 16, 1884.

Application filed July 19, 1588. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHRrsrorH Mssen, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washers, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an end elevation; Fig. 2, aside elevation; Fig. 3, a detail showing the form of the suspended trays which carry the bottles.

The object of this invention is to construct an apparatus for washing bottles, allow them to drip, and permit of their easy removal on the opposite side from where washed, and which can also be used for the purpose of iilling bottles, if so desired, and it consists in providing rotating wheels and cross-rods with trays suspended between the wheels and from the rods, the trays having openings to receive the necks ofthe bottles, all as hereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out iu the claim.

In the drawings, A represents a base, which may be made of four timbers, suitably joined at the ends, as shown, or may be made of a solid piece, and, as shown, each corner of the base is provided with a easter-wheel to facilitate the moving ol" the apparatus from place to place.

I3 are posts or uprights extending up, one on each end of the frame, secured at their lower ends to the end pieces of the frame, and suitablybraced, as shown, by diagonal bars b, and having at their upper ends the cross-piece B, constructed as shown.

C are hubs, secured one at each end of the shaft C', which shaft is mounted in suitable bearings in the uprights B, so as to turn or revolve freely.

D are arms or spokes extending' out radially 'from the hubs O.

E is a rim or band, one for each hub and its arms, and secured in any suitable manner to the outer ends of the arms.

F are braces between each of the series of arms, for the purpose of strengthening the arms and making them more firm.

G are trays, each formed of a piece of board or other suitable material, and provided with a series of holes, c, of sufcient diameter for the passage of the neck of a bottle.

H are hangers, one at each end oi each tray, which may be formed, as shown, of a piece of metal bent into a triangular shape, with a loop or eye, d, at the apex, and of sufiicient width to receive the tray; or they may be formed of straps running down and attaehed to the sides and bottom of the tray, or in some other suitable manner.

I are cross-rods extending from arm to arm D ofthe wheels, and located near the outer ends of the arms. These cross-rods pass through the eyes or loops d of the hangers H, and suspend their trays from the rods so that they can turn and self-maintain themselves in a hori- Vzontal position as the shaft C rotates.

J are brakeshoes on the upper end of vertical rods J', which rods slide in bearings or collars c, extending out from one of the uprights I3. The lower end of each rod J is attached to a foottreadle, J, pivotally attached by a suitable pin or pivot, f, to each of the braces I). This braking device is arranged on `one end ofthe machine only, and at the proper point for the shoe to engage with the ring E on that end of the machine.

K is a hose, and K. a nozzle, for washing the bottles. L are the bottles.

The operation is as follows: The machineis brought to the place where the washing is to be done, and the operator places a number ot' bottles in one of the trays, inserting their necks in the openings, so that the bottles will be suspended with the mouth downward. The bottles are subjected to a thorough washing by means of the hose and nozzle, or in some other manner, during which operation and while iilling the tray the operator places his ioot onthe treadle J and bears down thereon, forcing the shoe J on that side in contact with the rim E, holding the tray stationary by preventing the wheel from revolving. When the washing of the bottles of this tray is completed, the operator releases the brake sufficiently to allow the wheel to rotate and bring the next sus pending tray into position to be filled with bottles and washed, which tray in turn, after IOO f the washing is completed, is allowed to drop down, carrying the first tray farther around, and the trays are in succession brought into position filled with bottles and the bottles washed. As the first tray is carried around and brought into position on the opposite side of the wheel, a party on that side removes the vbottles therefrom, and the tray will be carried around empty into position to be' again lled,

each succeeding tray being emptied in a like manner as it comes into position on the opposite side of the machine from where it started. It will be noticed that no matter what arc ot' the circle the tray may be in, it swings free and clear, and is always in a horizontal plane, so that it cannot tip and spill. the bottles which it supports, and it will also be seen that after being washed the bottles remain in the tray, until removed therefrom, neck downward, which allows them to drip thoroughly, so that when removed they will not have to be placed :neck downward so as to drip. The size ofthe wheel is to be suliicient to carry the trays and allow them to-swing without interfering with each other, and the trays are to be provided tion with the iilling-machine to take the filled bottles and carry them around to the opposite side of the machine, where they can be removed.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

Therotating wheels composed of the parts f C, D, and E, and connected together by rods I, in combination with the trays G, yprovided each with a series of openings to receive thc necks of bottles, and suspended from rods I, substantially as described.

CHRISTOPH MssnL.

itnessesz AGODFREY L. POEHLMAN,

E. L. ABBOTT. 

